SLC or ELC external floppy
2007-12-25 8:12:00
to bottle this Internet stuff :-)
There seem to be two or three possible sources for an externel floppy
drive that will plug onto the SCSI port of an S/ELC.
Artecon: (800)USA-ARTE
2460 Impala Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008-7236
(619) 931 5500
(or via Sun Express according to Bill Norf (see below))
Andataco: 1 800 334-9191
San Diego CA
and the first note below includes the third, a local vendor.
It seems that the Artecon product may be the way to go as it
includes the necessary kernel mods. suggesting (one hopes!) a
plug and play solution (thanks Carl!)(see note below).
Again many thanks to all, especially:
Bill Hunter <bill@access.com>
Martin Lewald <mol@NSD.3Com.COM>
Keith Porterfield <avkwp@csn.org>
"Y.TSUJI" <ytsuji@cfi.waseda.ac.jp>
Ray Brownrigg <Ray.Brownrigg@isor.vuw.ac.nz>
nolfb@jcdbs.2000.disa.mil (Bill Nolf)
Carl Hallen <xt@math.chalmers.se>
suresh@cis.njit.edu (B. A. Suresh)
david
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David Holmes McGILL UNIVERSITY
RISQ NOC - UNIX / Networking Montreal, CANADA
(NeXT)email delphys@CC.McGill.CA +1 514 398-3716 fax: 398-6876
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> From: Keith Porterfield <avkwp@csn.org>
>
> I know Artecon makes these, but they're pricey. I've recently
> gotten a quote from a local vendor I use for around $600 --
> they just put a TEAC SCSI floppy in a box with a power supply
> and a cable. You do have to mess with the kernel for these
> things, though.
>
> Here's the vendor info for the guy I use:
>
> Warren Freybold
> XSys
> (303) 443-5343
>
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> From: nolfb@jcdbs.2000.disa.mil (Bill Nolf)
>
> Artecon has 3.5" external floppies. You can get them from Sun
> Express.
>
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> From: Carl Hallen <xt@math.chalmers.se>
>
> We bought external floppy drives, both 3.5" and 5.25", for an ELC
> from a company called Artecon. They come with drivers that you
> install in your kernel. The drives are connected to the SCSI-bus.
> The only problem we've experienced is that the kernel modules
> for SunPC doesn't work with the drivers for the floppy drives.
>
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> From: suresh@cis.njit.edu
>
> I have an ELC and also an Artecon 3.5" floppy drive connected
> externally to it. The maker of the system is:
>
> Artecon Inc.
>
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